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Highland Park is a park located in Brooklyn, New York City, on the border with Queens. Established in 1901, Highland Park borders Cypress Hills, Brooklyn —part of the East New York neighborhood—to its south, and it abuts Glendale and Ridgewood, Queens , to its north.
In October 2007, New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe unveiled a plan to breach one of the reservoir basins and clear 20 acres (81,000 m 2) for new ball fields. [26] This resulted in a backlash from local residents, environmentalists, and community organizations, who formed the Highland Park-Ridgewood Reservoir Alliance to oppose the ...
"Highland Park", the nickname for Hilltop Park, a defunct baseball venue in New York City; Highland Park distillery, a Scotch whisky distillery in Orkney; Highland Park High School (disambiguation), several high schools in the United States
The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations , Diller Scofidio + Renfro , and Piet Oudolf .
A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1) Central Park, 2) Van Cortlandt Park, 3) Bronx Park, 4) Pelham Bay Park, 5) Flushing Meadows Park, 6) Forest Park, 7) Prospect Park, 8) Floyd Bennett Field, 9) Jamaica Bay, A) Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden, B) Fort Wadsworth, C) Miller Field, D) Great Kills Park Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.
When publishers Rare Bird and Unnamed Press moved into Highland Park, North Figueroa Bookshop soon followed, putting down roots in a bookstore-starved neighborhood.
The Jackie Robinson Parkway (originally the Interboro Parkway) is a 4.95-mile (7.97 km) controlled-access parkway in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.The western terminus of the parkway is at Jamaica Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York.
Hilltop Park was a ballpark in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was the home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1912 when they were known as the "Highlanders". It was also the temporary home of the New York Giants during a two-month period in 1911 while the Polo Grounds was being ...